The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
Death is the Christian's vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
There is not a person we employ who does not, like ourselves, desire recognition, praise, gentleness, forbearance, patience.
A house built on sand is, in fair weather, just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest chain cable when there is no strain on it. It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong.
This world is magnificent for strangers and pilgrims, but miserable for residents.
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
As flowers always wear their own colors and give forth their own fragrance every day alike, so should Christians maintain their character at all times and under all circumstances.
Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.
The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
There are many persons of combative tendencies, who read for ammunition, and dig out of the Bible iron for balls. They read, and they find nitre and charcoal and sulphur for powder. They read, and they find cannon. They read, and they make portholes and embrasures. And if a man does not believe as they do, they look upon him as an enemy, and let fly the Bible at him to demolish him. So men turn the word of God into a vast arsenal, filled with all manner of weapons, offensive and defensive.
It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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